¿Por qué leer en el siglo XXI un clásico como Orgullo y prejuicio? Porque Jane Austen nos habla, a través de la adorable Elizabeth Bennet, sobre la importancia de escuchar nuestro propio deseo. Han pasado más de doscientos años y seguimos hablando de lo mismo.

Orgullo y prejuicio es la obra maestra de Jane Austen; en ella, la ironía, unos personajes paradigmáticos y unos diálogos memorables nos introducen en una historia donde las complejidades del amor y el matrimonio constituyen la esencia de la trama.

Y es en su heroína, Elizabeth Bennet, donde todos esos elementos perfectos se combinan. Pocos personajes logran hacer avanzar una novela como Elizabeth Bennet. Es ella el motor de la historia con sus palabras, errores y contradicciones. Es la fuerza que nos lleva hacia adelante en un mundo de pompas y protocolos: presentaciones forzadas, bailes ceremoniosos, respetos que no se merecen y jóvenes ansiosas por conseguir un marido.

Jane Austen (1775-1817), una de las mejores novelistas de la literatura británica, es asimismo autora de obras cumbre como Sentido y sensibilidad, Mansfield Park o Emma.

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• 36 Full-Color Illustrations from the 1898 and 1907 editions by the brothers Charles E. and Henry M. Brock

• Introduction

• Author Bio and Bibliography

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.”

So begins one of the most popular and beloved novels of all time, Jane Austen’s masterpiece, Pride and Prejudice.

This Top Five Classics edition adheres to the original 1813 text and has been carefully proofread for errors and elegantly and expertly formatted for ereaders.

Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of the British Regency. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman, Mr. Bennet living in Longbourn.
Page 2 of a letter from Jane Austen to her sister Cassandra (11 June 1799) in which she first mentions Pride and Prejudice, using its working title First Impressions. (NLA)

Set in England in the early 19th century, Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters after the rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Darcy has difficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with the second-eldest Bennet daughter, Elizabeth.

Pride and Prejudice retains a fascination for modern readers, continuing near the top of lists of "most loved books." It has become one of the most popular novels in English literature, selling over 20 million copies, and receives considerable attention from literary scholars. Modern interest in the book has resulted in a number of dramatic adaptations and an abundance of novels and stories imitating Austen's memorable characters or themes.

The Ignatius Critical Editions represent a tradition-oriented alternative to popular textbook series such as the Norton Critical Editions orOxford World Classics, and are designed to concentrate on traditional readings of the Classics of world literature. Whereas many modern critical editions have succumbed to the fads of modernism and post-modernism, this series will concentrate on tradition-oriented criticism of these great works. Edited by acclaimed literary biographer, Joseph Pearce, the Ignatius Critical Editions will ensure that traditional moral readings of the works are given prominence, instead of the feminist, or deconstructionist readings that often proliferate in other series of 'critical editions'. As such, they represent a genuine extension of consumer-choice, enabling educators, students and lovers of good literature to buy editions of classic literary works without having to 'buy into' the ideologies of secular fundamentalism. The series is particularly aimed at tradition-minded literature professors offering them an alternative for their students. The initial list will have about 15 - 20 titles. The goal is to release three books a season, or six in a year.

• 40 b&w illustrations by Hugh Thomson

• 8 full-color illustrations by Philip Gough

• an informative Introduction

• a detailed Biography and Bibliography

The fourth and last novel Jane Austen published during her lifetime, Emma remains one of her most popular, critically acclaimed, and adapted works. Emma Woodhouse, firmly established at the age of 21 as the head of a well-off household that comprises her and her persnickety father, has no intention of ever marrying. But she is more than eager to act as matchmaker for her friends. Well-meaning and always confident of knowing what’s best, Emma has a few blindspots when it comes to affairs of the heart. Jane Austen’s Emma is charming, infuriating, insightful, romantic, and above all, funny. A must read for any fan of Jane Austen.

(The Complete Works of Jane Austen by Jane Austen, 9789380914794)